TOP CONTRACTORS
2012 Total Revenue ($)1 Turner Corporation, The $9,084,870,0002 Fluor $4,268,290,5003 Skanska USA $4,076,092,8144 PCL Construction Enterprises $3,981,419,1645 Whiting-Turner Contracting Co., The $3,699,782,7716 Clark Group $3,563,246,7197 Balfour Beatty $3,453,790,8478 Gilbane $3,083,529,0009 Structure Tone $2,947,433,00010 McCarthy Holdings $2,546,000,000
TOP CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT FIRMS
2012 Total Revenue ($)1 URS Corp. $297,282,0762 STV $227,390,0003 JE Dunn Construction $207,304,1544 Barton Malow $182,697,8975 Parsons Brinckerhoff $179,900,0006 S. M. Wilson & Co. $168,859,7407 Turner Corporation, The $157,920,0008 Jones Lang LaSalle $140,020,0009 LPCiminelli $139,198,32910 Structure Tone $132,000,000
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